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My 9 month old wont eat and sleeps all the time, is it OK?

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My daughter is 9 months old and has never been a big eater. I have always had to fight with her to get her to eat a bottle, and she has acid reflux but is on medicine for it since she was 2 weeks old. Now for the last week she wont eat her bottle and now she wont eat her baby food. She has started sleeping all day long and night and if she is not asleep she is in a terribel mood, cries, throws tantrums, and just seems miserable. She doesnt want to play, you cant even look at her the wrong way before she just goes crazy. She wont ride in a car without crying histerically. It is getting really bad. I don't know what to do. I feel like a prisoner because she wont let me go anywhere because I know it is going to be bad, I cant play with her because she cries and wants to be left alone. Anyone with suggestions please help.

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This sounds like you could be describing my 9 month old. The only difference being a sickness, high fever and rash, that landed him in the hospital 2 weeks ago. They cannot find anything definitively wrong with him; however, he remains the same. It is a battle trying to get him to eat and when he does, it's usually only an oz or so - just enough to keep him hydrated. He's lost so much weight and is simply not the same little boy he was a month ago. So scary...

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